10/7/13

Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake

This is a great fall flavored cheesecake.  Don't wait, make it today!  Enjoy year round not just Halloween or Thanksgiving. (Olive Garden was serving this during the month of August.)
Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake
INGREDIENTS
Crust:
9 whole graham crackers (about 4 oz.), crumbled
1/4 cup sugar
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted

OR The Easy Way ~ Just buy a 9" Graham Cracker Crust
Filling:
4 8 oz. packages cream cheese, room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
3 large eggs
1 15 oz. can pumpkin puree
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2 tsp. vanilla extract
2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1 tsp. ground ginger
1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
1/2 tsp. ground allspice
1/4 tsp. ground cloves
Whipped Cream:
1 cup heavy whipping cream
2-3 Tbsp. powdered sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
DIRECTIONS
1. Position rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 F. Wrap a double layer of heavy-duty foil around the outside of a 10-inch springform pan. (Can use a glass or metal pan that isn't springform, but results are slightly different, especially when it comes to removing the cheesecake.)
2. To prepare the crust, combine graham crackers, sugar, and cinnamon in a bowl or food processor. Blend until graham crackers are very finely ground (if you don’t have a food processor you can crush them yourself with a rolling pin). Drizzle butter over. Pulsing, blend until crumbs begin to stick together (or mix by hand with a spatula). Press crumbs onto bottom (not sides) of springform pan. Bake in preheated oven until crust is slightly golden, about 10 minutes. Transfer to rack and cool while preparing filling. Maintain oven temperature.
3.To prepare the filling, use an electric mixer to beat the cream cheese and sugar in large bowl until smooth and fluffy. Beat in eggs 1 at a time. Add pumpkin and remaining 7 ingredients. Beat just until blended. Pour filling into prepared crust. Place springform pan in large roasting pan. Add enough water to come halfway up sides of springform pan.
4. Bake cheesecake for 90 minutes, or until slightly puffed and softly set and top is golden. (At this point I turned off the oven and left the door cracked open to gradually cool the cake. After a little while I transferred it to the counter to cool completely.) Transfer springform pan to rack and cool. Cover and refrigerate cake overnight.
5. Using a knife, cut around the sides of the pan to loosen the cake. Release pan sides. Cut cheesecake into wedges and serve drizzled with caramel sauce and a dollop of real whipped cream.
6. For perfect whipped cream, use a bowl that’s large enough to allow the cream to double in volume. Refrigerate the bowl and beaters for at least half an hour, or place them in the freezer for 15 minutes, and make sure the cream is very cold. Use the freshest whipping cream available, and add sugar, vanilla, or any other ingredients near the end of whipping; adding them too soon in the process will decrease the amount of volume you achieve.
Makes 1 10-inch cheesecake.

32 comments:

  1. I love pumpkin cheescake but I like the pumpkin spice cheescake sound better. I will have to try this one this year.

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  2. OMG I Love Pumpkin Cheesecake! Guess i'm going to have to bake one fore the Halloween and thxgiving ,now Lol

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  3. How much better can fall get than having pumpkin and cheesecake together and this recipe sounds delicious. I will have to try this one this week!

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  4. will be trying this today! if it turns out great (which I think it will) my hubby and I will make a bunch for our local special Thanksgiving Feast :-)

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  5. I am so glad to have found this!! I was wanting to make this for my mother's birthday as Pumpkin is her favorite and she loves cheesecake too, so great combo. It's coming up on the 25th-just in time :)

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  6. I have to make the Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake!Looks yummy

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  7. This looks So Yummy!! Will have to make it! Thank you tor sharing!

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  8. Pumpkin pie and cheesecake are two of my favorite desserts. Combined, I bet they are delicious. This may just be my new Thanksgiving tradition.

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  9. Oh this looks so good! I love pumpkin everything. diesel_had_my_baby@yahoo.com

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  10. I have been looking for the perfect Pumpkin cheesecake...and this is it!! Ty!

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  11. I absolutely LOVE cheesecake but pumpkin spice cheesecake is one of my favorites. Yummy!

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  12. I've never had Pumpkin Spice Cheesecake but I've never tasted a cheesecake that i don't love! Time to add this cheesecake to the long list of my favorites.

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  13. I've never had this kind of cheesecake before! Looks and sounds delicious!!!

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  14. This will be perfect for Thanksgiving also!!

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  15. sounds like the perfect fall treat

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  16. We actually went to Olive Garden for dinner last night and had the pumpkin cheesecake. Yum! Now I have to try this recipe! :)

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  17. Oh my this sounds so delicious! Think I'm gonna have to try this one...when I have to take a dish somewhere. I'm afraid I'd eat the whole thing if I made it and kept it at home!

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  18. I love cheesecake and I love pumpkin!! I am definitely going to make this for thanksgiving!

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  19. i love cheese cake and i will try to fix this one..thanks for the recipe

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  20. This looks delicious and I intend to make and try it out soon.

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  21. Cheesecake is the best! This looks so good! I love pumpkin so I bet this would be amazing.

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  22. cheesecake is my all time favorite dessert and I know can be made gluten free. I am going to take a look at the recipe to see how to revise the graham cracker crust OR even do crustless...as we have 3 now in the family who eat gluten fee. It looks delicious! I am all about getting those fall delish tastes and smells in the kitchen right about NOW! A great idea to add to our Thanksgiving meal too. Thank you!

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  23. Good Heavens this looks divine! I'm 7 months pregnant and just got a craving for pumpkin cheesecake :-) I'll let my hubby know that he has you to thank!!

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  24. This cheesecake sounds so good. I can't wait to try this. I have most of the ingredients already.

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  25. gotta try this love cheese cake

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  26. This sounds delicious! I enjoy baking with pumpkin but I've never tried making a pumpkin cheesecake before. I think as much as the pumpkin taste, I like the spicing that always goes along with pumpkin. I can never get enough of nutmeg. I always add a bit more than the amount called for in a recipe because I love it. :)

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  27. Sounds great, and something tasty to make for the holidays (:

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  28. It's funny I pay about $7.00 for 1 slice of this at the Cheesecake Factory and it seems so easy to make!! I will definitely be trying this recipe out.

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  29. This looks so good and easy to make. I always wanted to do something differant for Thanksgiving other than a regular pumpkin pie, I think I will try this. Thanks for sharing.

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  30. I will try this recipe for Thanksgiving. Sounds really good!

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  31. I am SO loving this! Cheesecake and pumpkin pie are great apart - this must be awesome. I plan to make this. Thanks for the recipe!

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